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V. A. THOMAS.

INSULATOR BRACKET. No. 463,588. Patented Nov. 17; 1891.

WITNESSES. INVENTEIR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VAN A. THOMAS, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ANDREW D. ROSS, OF SAME PLACE.

lNSULATOR-BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 463,588, dated November 17, 1891.

Application filed May 21,1891- Serial No. 393,546. (No model.)

T on whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VAN A. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Insulator-l3rackets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled [0 in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

r 5 My improvement herewith relates to the construction of brackets for supporting and guiding electric wires or cables used for the distributionof power and light at any desired angle from the face of a building, pole,

2o or other desired structure; and it consists, es-

sentially, of a cast-iron bracket composed of a base portion having enlarged ends for se curing it to a wall or other surface, and further provided with integrally-formed upwardlyturned insulator-carrying arms, the axes of which are arranged at an inclination to the base, all as will be hereinafter set forth and claimed.

To clearly illustrate my i11vention, I have prepared the annexed sheet of draw1ngs,1n

which- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a left-hand bracket embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a corresponding side eleva- 5 tion. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of one of the insulator-carrying arms, taken on line a: as of Fig. 2. Fig. 1 is cross-sectional View of the base of the bracket, taken on line 0 0 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a right- 4c hand bracket.

A more specific description of my invention shown by the drawings is as follows;

a, Fig. 1, represents the base portion of the bracket 17, terminating in enlarged ends pro- 5 vided with holes 71, through which'pass bolts or screws for securing the same to any suitable surface and as drawn at an angle of aboutforty-five degrees. The base is strengthened by the longitudinal central rib 0, which unites at each end of the base with outwardly-projecting integrally-formed and upwardly bent arms 0, the upper portion 0 of each being screwdhreaded or otherwise adapt ed to receive the glass or other suitable in sulator t', as commonly used for this service. hen the bracket is in position, these arms are substantially vertical. The arms may be cast to project any desired distance from the face of the wall, as desired. To each insu-. lator is secured upon the inside-that is, between the face of the wall and the center of the insulator-the electric wire or cable 11. The free end of the latter may be continued horizontally or diverted at any desired angle less than ninety degress upward or down- 6 3 ward, depending upon whether the bracket is right or left hand and to the direction of the leading-wire. (See Figs. 1 and 5.)

I would state that the two wires to usually run parallel with each other. The dotted lines, Fig. 1, indicate various directions in which the wires may be deflected, and at the same time be maintained a proper distance apart. This feature constitutes one of the essential advantages obtainable by the employment of my improved bracket b. These supporting-arms also serve largely as a safetyguard to prevent the wire from dropping down.

In the construction of my improved bracket I prefer that the same cross-sectionally be as represented by Figs. 3 and 4, as such form renders the bracket very strong with a minimum of material and a correspondingreduction in cost.

To apply the bracket Z) to any desired surface, holes are drilled into the wall or other material and belts or screws inserted through the enlarged ends of the base of the bracket, thus retaining the same securely in position, 0 and is then in readiness to receive the insulators upon the ends of the bent arms 0. Upon securing the electric wires or conduct ors thereto the whole forms a very neat, strong, safe, and comparatively inexpensive system of construction.

I claim as my invention- The insulator bracket, substantially as hereinbefore described, the same consisting In testimony whereof Ihave affixed my sigof an attaching or base portion provided with nature in presence of two witnesses. arms or hooks adapted to receive insulators,

the axes of the hooks being inclined to the VAN A. THOMAS. 5 direction of the base and having the plane of Witnesses:

the attaching-face of the base parallel to said CHARLES HANNIGAN,

hooks. 1 GEO. H. REMINGTON. 

